I haven’t written at any length about Cropper, but would love to! What an astounding life and career.

There's a good video linked in another post: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbBc... and it reminds me that the Clash covered the song. What that video got across for me that was even during prior dark times music could let people have fun.

I need to hear more about this show.

Sad news. What a great tone from that guy’s guitar on so many great songs. Was fortunate enough to see him play a couple of times, including on a rollicking 1990 tour when he played with Graham Parker, Dave Edmunds, Kim Wilson and Dion DiMucci.

Thank you!

There I was, a naive 20-something wrestling with my desire to lick railings. What could it hurt? And then Stuart Murdoch plainly told me. A public service announcement with guitars.

also an early entry into the now, as far as I know,-lapsed B&S tradition of a female co-lead vocal to Murdoch. yielded some of their best work.

Hell yeah! Thanks.

I love @paranoiacs.bsky.social and I feel elevated reading her writing, especially when she loves something I have loved since the first listen. LLPJ forever

I’ve cooled on the feyer side of b&s but that is one of the great 12”ers, a huge robust sound

Very weirdly diffuse. I love everyone involved, so I am rooting for it, but it does seem like it doesn’t know what it wants to be.

'I Want You' is perfectly brutal and 'Blue Chair' one of my top 5 Costello songs. Or was it a Napoleon Dynamite song?

We got to see him play these songs solo, and it was great, but I missed the fierce arrangements. In my top five LPs of 1986.